Category: Equity

  • The Advantages and Disadvantages of Debt and Equity

    Undoubtedly, to start and develop a business, people need to have specific financial resources. There are different ways to get them: for example, borrowing from a bank or cooperating with investors. Each of these methods has advantages and disadvantages, but both provide a right to exist. In particular, borrowing money from a bank is one…

  • Equity and Debt in Economy

    I work in a company dealing with horticultural products. The two main categories of our products are fruits and flowers. The company imports the products from countries where the products are cheaply sourced. We then distribute the products locally to wholesalers and retailers. The companys most important assets are warehouses fitted with cooling systems as…

  • Comparison Between Debt And Equity

    Table of Contents Introduction Equity Pros Of Issuing New Shares Cons Of Issuing New Shares Debt Advantages of Debt Disadvantages Of Debt Conclusion References Introduction Briarwood Medical Equipment (BME), is facing a dilemma of raising capital for its expansion needs. Given that they need to raise an amount of $250 thousand to finance the expansion…

  • Concepts of Debt and Equity Relations

    Financing decisions are some of the major decisions that the management of a company must make. There are two sources of capital for any company, they are debt and equity financing. According to Gotthilf, (1997), Debt financing; a company acquires new capital by borrowing from external sources i.e. by paying a price called interest on…

  • Equity vs. Debt Securities: International Capital Flows

    Concerning the continuing survey, I would like to clarify the types of investments used in the company in the past years. Both equity and debt securities have been incorporated to maintain a higher ground in the business. This memo should address the various types of investments reported in the balance sheets, their characteristics, longevity, and…

  • Equity as Important Consideration in Compensation

    Equity refers to fairness or using the same yardstick to ensure that two or more individuals are treated in the same manner. Equity is a fundamental theme in as far as compensation theory and practice are concerned. In compensation, equity involves ensuring that the workers remunerations are fair, according to the prevailing market scenario. Equity…

  • INTEC: Strategic Skills Analysis and Pay Equity

    Relationships among KSAs (knowledge, skills, and abilities), job analysis, organizational strategy, and HR activities An organization will have a strategy in place to achieve its desired goals. Most organizations have the desire to expand their businesses such as in the company INTEC a subsidiary of a construction and engineering company in the article Strategic Skills…

  • Private Equity in the Business World

    Introduction In todays business environment, capital happens is regarded by many as one of the most important resources (Padget 2011). One way through which companies are able to finance their business ventures is through private equity (PE). According to Snider and Howards (2010), private equity is treated as capital drawn from different investors. The entrepreneurs…

  • Compensation and Pay Equity at a Local Hospital

    Introduction In the present situation, I am to perform as an HR Consultant working for a small local hospital, with the task of expanding the workforce of certified medical assistants. The major problem is that three exemplary certified medical assistants who occupy the same positions in the organization are paid different salaries. In this paper,…

  • Firms Raising Money Through Debt vs. Equity

    Debts as a source of operating funds can be from within or outside the company specifically individual borrowings or banks. Equity on the other hand a source of funding that results from sale of securities (shares/stocks). In determining the company progress the ratio of debt to equity as source of company funding is of fundament…